Our Mission

Board Meetings are often videoconference with board members scattered around the world. The Center for a Reasoning Society was founded to promote the use of reason in personal, societal, and global decision-making. More Details

In The Community

Fort Carson Library cultural literacy program is getting into gear! We've donated funds to support a DVD series of great courses so that service men and their families can tap into the rich treasure trove of our global cultural legacy. Learn More

Volunteer Recognition

David Shever, the Chairman of our board is currently setting up our first local chapter in California. David is pictured on the right with (Ltr) Erik, Hannah, and Talia on a trip to the Golden Pavilion in Japan. Read More

About Our Organization

The Center for a Reasoning Society works to fulfill its mission by working towards these specific goals:

Creating a nurturing place for those who preferreason as the basis of personal decisions.

Encouraging people, institutions, and societies to use reason to improve their priorities and assumptions.

Engaging in humanitarian efforts of charity and volunteer work to improve ourselves and to make the world a better place.

Acknowledge the works of individuals and institutions that show leadership in the use of reason to the benefit of society.

Provide resources that assist people, institutions, and society in using reason more effectively to set priorities, define goals, understand issues, resolve conflicts, and perform self-assessment.

To research and present the intellectual and cultural traditions of the world in a way that promotes rational thought, inspiring personal vision, and a coherent perspective.

Center for a Reasoning Society works to achieve these aims through severalefforts including humanitarian work, local chapters, Special Interest Groups, theCitizen of the Word club, and other efforts. You can also find out about the people that have inspired us in history by going to our Great Contributors Page. It's surely an incomplete list, but a tradition worth studying. Suggestions are welcome.

See our FAQs for more info. Find out about our special Pi Day Event at Fort Carson's Grant Library where we'll be offering inspiring math, science and reasoning activities for soldiers and their families.